Transport Oriented Development (TOD)

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26 June 2025

Mayor Christine Kay letter to The Hon Paul Scully MP(PDF, 4MB) re Collaborative Process for Addressing "Stranded" Local Heritage Items in the Context of Transport Oriented Development Planning.

13 June 2025

On 13 June 2025 Department of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure (DPHI) turned off the TOD for new development applications.

This means that for the time being, new local development applications and state significant development applications can no longer be lodged under the TOD controls.
Nor can applications be lodged under Council’s alternate planning controls until such time as they are implemented by DPHI.
However applications can still be lodged under Council’s existing planning controls, KLEP 2015.
The local development applications and state significant development applications that were lodged prior to turning off the TOD on 13 June have been ‘saved’ and the TOD controls will still apply to these applications.

View link to these applications

On 19 June, DPHI published updated maps under the Ku-ring-gai Local Environmental Plan (Housing) (Map Amendment No 1).(PDF, 704KB) These maps identify the locations where local development applications and state significant development applications have been ‘saved’ and the TOD controls still apply.

5 June 2025

At the Extraordinary Council Meeting on 5 June 2025, Council adopted an alternate plan to the TOD and subsequently submitted to DPHI

DPHI will now review the plan and provide advice to the Minister about whether the proposal is acceptable to replace the TOD. DPHI indicated that it may take up to 3 months before alternate controls are in place.
To view the adopted TOD alternative LEP maps please click on the below links:

9 May 2025

Council’s legal challenge against the TOD SEPP was before the Land and Environment Court for directions on 9 May 2025. The Court was requested to adjourn the matter for further directions, without allocating a hearing date as yet. The matter has been listed for further directions on 1 August 2025.

31 March 2025

On 31 March 2025, Council held an Extraordinary Council Meeting to consider this feedback and the release of a preferred scenario. At this meeting the Council voted unanimously to place the preferred scenario on public exhibition between 2 and 22 April 2025.

November and December 2024

Between November and December 2024 Ku-ring-gai Council publicly exhibited five options to support new housing within 400m of Roseville, Lindfield, Killara and Gordon stations, including the NSW Government’s TOD policy.

May 2024

In May 2024, the Government implemented the Transport Oriented Development (TOD) planning policy for areas within 400m of Roseville, Lindfield, Killara and Gordon stations.

NSW Government's TOD information
NSW Government's TOD policy
Background information on Transport Oriented Development